Early Stage Finance for Your Mobile Business (Idea)
Posted on: October 15, 2009 – Filed under: Belfast
Description:
Ever wanted to ditch your day job and create your own mobile business, based on this great idea you've had for ages? Yet you don't know where to get the money from? Our speakers from Invest NI, Silicon Valley, MatchMedia and e-Synergy presented on the real financing possibilities.
Date: Monday 19th October 2009
Venue:
The Black Box,
18-22 Hill St
Belfast
BT1 2LA
Agenda:
| 17:15 | Reception, Networking over tea, coffee & sandwiches |
| 18:15 |
Introduction, Norbert Sagnard, MobileMonday |
| 18:20 |
The Global Starts Team, Martin Robinson, Invest NI |
| 18:35 | Practical Experiences of the Funding Process, Philip Wilson, CEO, MatchMedia |
| 18:50 | The European Investment Market, Mike Bowman, E-Synergy |
| 19:05 |
Creating a Healthy NI Investment Ecosystem, David Kirk, Private Investor |
| 19:20 |
Conclusions, Colm Hayden, Norbert Sagnard, James Scott, MobileMonday Belfast Organisers |
| 20:30 |
Formal Networking Ends, move to the bar for more informal follow up. |
Presentations
The presentations are now available for download from the presentations section of MobileMonday website. Click here to download the presentations.
Event Summary
Summary reproduced with permission from NI Tech Blog
There was an excellent turn out to Mobile Monday Belfast with the Black Box Cafe packed to capacity.
First up Martin Robinson from Invest NI's Global Starts Team gave an overview of the opportunities on offer within INI and also some hints and tips to help in the application process.
Next up, Philip Wilson, CEO & Founder of Match Media spoke of his own personal road to funding…with lots of entertaining do's and don'ts & antedotes along the way. Most memorable being when an investor asks "is your idea like a raspberry?" politely reply "yes" but read the warning signs they may not be your ideal mobile investor
Then Mike Bowman gave an overview on the Euopean Investment Market and the E-Synergy opportunities available locally. Additionally Mike gave an insight that due to some very attractive tax benefits angel investing in France is very popular at the moment so it is well worth exploring all options when seeking investment.
And last but not least, David Kirk, a Private Investor originally from Northern Ireland, but now resident in Silicon Valley gave his views on the investment ecosystem & opportunities here.